im in Australia, and wont get this till late NOVEMBER! I am growing very impatient and really want to know this, so anyone who has watched most of it yet, can you tell me why they kept Azog alive and not kill him in Azanulbizar?? im prepared to be SPOILED "fingolfin looked up in grief to see what evil morgoth had done to maedhros"

I've only watched the first half of the appendices and I can tell you...
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Nothing! Azog isn't mentioned at all. Except for one time when you see Peter directing the 'Out of the Frying Pan...' sequence and he pronounces 'Ay-zog' :D

Something interesting is that the orc Yazneg (who was, supposedly Azog's original design, for when he was only going to appear for a few seconds in the Moria flashback) was present here. Whether this orc was still Azog at this point, I do not know. Though what that would suggest is that Azog was always going to be brought back, regardless of the switch to 3 films. It's still not clear...

Another couple of observations I had... We see Bolg in the background when Sylvester McCoy is talking! Bolg is huge and looks a lot better than Azog, so I say they need to use him! McCoy had obviously been shooting a scene that involved Bolg.

Also, they never mention 48fps once! Whether it is mentioned in the other half of the appencides (part 8: Return to Middle-earth) I don't know, but I doubt it. The split to 3 films isn't brought up either, which is odd seeing as that had such a huge impact on the movie. Maybe they will talk about it in the DoS extras.